Alternate View of Obama’s $819 billion Stimulus Package

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OK, so we saw CreditLoan’s representation of Obama’s stimulus package. Here’s Washington Post’s take on the breakdown with a combination of bar charts, bubbles, and a stacked graph chart for time – and the numbers seem to all add up correctly. I don’t like the bubbles that look like dangling ornaments though. CreditLoan’s is more readable, but maybe that has to do with the Post’s version being made for print and the other made for online. What do you think – which version works best for you?

Nice, I had a thought that they should keep track of the money supply via a similar chart flow. Imagine tracking all the money via each industry and seeing how big or small the circle is. This way it would be easy to detect which area needs more infusion and which doesn’t.
just my .02